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[Julia Evans] Orphan Commits (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by mac to c/git
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[–] robinm 5 points 10 months ago

That's a really good explanation. I would just add that I find easier to search for orphans with git log --graph --reflog than using `git reflog directly, especially if it's one of the top entries in the reflog.